Improvement in cutlery



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EDWIN DAY, oF oHioAeo,1LLrNors.

IMPROVEMENT lN CUTLERY.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. n80,062, dated July 21,1868.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN DAY, of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements inTable-Cutlery; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and eX- act description thereof, reference being had totheaccompanyingdrawings,makingpartot'this specification, and to theletters ot' reference marked thereon, like letters indicating like partswherever they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe it.

My invention consists in a novel method of constructing and securing thehandles of cutlery, as hereinafter more fully explained.

Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

In the manufacture of tableeutlery three objects are sought to beaccomplished. First, to secure the handles in such a mannerthat theywill not become loose; second, to leave the fewest possible number ofcrevices for the accumulation of grease or other foreign substances;and, third,while giving to the article a neat and finished appearance,to do so with the least possible expense. It is to accomplish theseAobjects that my invention is intended. To accomplish these results Iform the tang a of uniform thickness and width, or nearly so, and with acircular or dovetailed notch in its rear end, as represented in Fig. 1,this being done at the same time the tang is formed by means of a punchor press. The tang, to make a more peri'ect job, may then be tinnedeither at the point -where the bolster mis formed upon it or over itswhole length, as may be preferred, though this operation forms no partof my invention and is not absolutely essential.l I then construct thehandle B of a single piece of wood, bone, or other suitable material bycutting in a slit of sufficient size toreceive the tang a, and withshoulders at its front end, as represented at c, Fig. 4. rIhis handle Imake somewhat wider than the tang a, and at the rear end of the tan gIform a hole through it vertically, as represented by l in Figsl and 2,this hole being of greater diameter than the slit in which the tang isinserted, so as to prevent the tang from being` drawn out endwise whenthe metal is poured in around it, as hereinafter explained. I theninsert the tang in the handle and place both in a suitable mold, andpour molten metal composed of a suitable alloy into the recesses leftfor it in the mold and handle, when it iminediately ows along the slitor groove left on v each side of the tang in the handle to the rear endof the tang and around the rear end through the hole l and into therecess c in the end of the tang, thus forming of one solid piece ofmetal the bolster m, the straps n filling the slit on each side of thetang, and the tie l, with the projection e, filling the recessin the endof the tang, as shown in Fig. 1. By these means I fasten the handlesecurely to the knife or fork, Without the use ot' any rivets, in such amanner that it is not liable t0 become loosened or detached, and leavingno crevices for the reception or accumulation ot' grease, rust, or otherforeign matter so common in cheap cutlery made in the usual way.

By this method of constructing and securing the handles I am enabled toproduce a very superior article of cheap cutlery for common use, andwhile niakingit neat andornamental and far more durable than theordinary styles, I can at the saine time produce it at a very cheaprate.

I am aware that handles have heretofore been secured by means of moltenmetal by various plans, and therefore I do not wish to be understood asclaiming that broadly and irrespect ive ot' my special method ofapplying the same, but,

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- The handle B,with the tang a inserted therein, andl having the locking-recess e, orits equivaient, with the molten metal cast on them, so as to form theholsters m, straps a, and the cross bar or tie l, of greater diameterthan the slit in which the tang is inserted, all at one operation,substantially as described.

EDWIN DAY.

Witnesses:

W. C, DODGE, P. T. DODGEa

